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Andrew desperately wants to get back out there. He wants to be with his team,&quot; she told the Comet 24.<\/p>\n<p>Lance corporal Ashley Irving, who lost part of his vision and suffered a fractured skull when a bullet went through his helmet, recently told the News and Star that he can&rsquo;t wait to get back on the front line in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Jenny Richards<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19587440-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19587440\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anji Kerr says her son has made her proud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-support-soldiers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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